Neville Day writes: Harry Almond, (obituary, November 25) is remembered as a great inspiration to Lady Margaret Boat Club members for his immaculate bladework and affability and generosity as coach.

I particularly recall early-morning walks around St John’s, finishing with skipping on the kitchen bridge, where 100 skips was considered reasonable at such an hour. Harry would nonchalently notch up 200, being so elastic and super-fit, setting an awesome target.

Terry Jones writes: As the supervisor for an air-conditioning company in the 1970s, I met Arthur Hailey (obituary, November 27) several times at his Lyford Cay home. (As well as installing the air-conditioning systems, I designed and installed his wine cellar cooling system.) He once showed me his library and extensive collection of fake copies of his books. He was also very proud of a beautiful leather-bound book presented to him at a dinner in his honour by a group of American bankers after the publication of The Money Changers. It was entitled What Arthur Hailey knows about Banking; every page was blank.

Antony Hunter writes: The decision of my father, Brigadier Tony Hunter (obituary, November 22) to leave the Army in 1960 was not an easy one, and he took it with regret; but he could see that if he were to stay on, his future would be in Whitehall — too far from the front line and too close to politicians. The Union Castle challenge was a frontline one which he much enjoyed. It coincided with a time when dock labour issues were to the forefront.

He successfully managed the Southampton shore base until the end of the weekly service to South Africa and acquired the same reputation as a true motivator as he had in the Army.

John Vandenberghe writes: When my wife and I moved to Farnham, Surrey, in 1970 we were put in touch, as music lovers, with Peter Twinn (obituary, November 23), who was associated with the Chamber Music Club there. At that time he and his wife, Rosamund, hosted the club’s meetings at their house and generously laid on splendid suppers afterwards.

We became friends and performed chamber music together. We knew that Peter had held posts with the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough, but we knew nothing of his work during the war, nor of his entomological interests. We lost touch when the Twinns moved to Wales and it was only years later when I was reading a book about the breaking of the Enigma codes that I became aware of his contribution to that vital work.

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